Siheyuan, I am He Yushui's classmate

Chapter 376
A few days later, someone was responsible for taking away the letter from home, and Liu Yu also wrote a letter to tell her three children who were studying abroad. Although she was still a little reluctant to let her children go to study in a foreign country, after these few days After several days of repeated enlightenment by Zhao Jinhe, she gradually understood that some things were not a matter of whether she was willing or not, but that the children would slowly leave when they grew up, and people like her did not marry far away and stay with their parents. There are indeed not many girls around, but this is just an exception. Most of them are married to other places, either far or near, but when they return home, the number gradually decreases a lot. Occasionally, it is during the New Year or a certain holiday when they go back. .

Just like her cousin Liu Huifang, she rarely went back after graduating from high school and starting a job. After getting married and having a family, she never even went back for the Chinese New Year.

Even if I go back, it is usually when the children are on summer vacation.She would take a few children and carry some things back to Hongxing Village to spend the summer vacation.

Of course, she might also pay for her uncle's children to live in the village, but she rarely came back during the Chinese New Year.It's not that she doesn't want to go back, but that he really can't go back.

"The cost of going home for the Chinese New Year is too high! There are so many relatives in the village, even if the family sends three or five yuan for things, it will add up to seven or eighty yuan. It will cost our family two months of living expenses in one fell swoop. The flowers are gone, alas... Although we are also a dual-career family and the conditions are not bad, our life is not so easy, and we can't save 80 yuan a year if we live frugally. If we all go home for the New Year like this It’s all spent, and life was a bit too tight that day.”

"Why are you coming back during the Chinese New Year? My family doesn't lack you!
It would be nice to come back every summer vacation, just bring a few grandchildren and grandchildren back to visit us.In summer, there is no shortage of food and entertainment in the village, which is very good. "

"Yes! When they are on summer vacation, it is the time when apricots, peaches, grapes, and apples are available in the village. Although they are not yet ripe, you can pick some and eat them yourself. It is both delicious and delicious. And your appearance My brothers and cousins ​​can run around and have fun together, and we can also experience the alternative happiness of living in the village."

"That is, not coming back during the Chinese New Year can save money and make your daily life better. We also know that your life in the city is quite tight, and these five children can be raised well. That’s it. Don’t worry about me and your mother-in-law, we have several of your brothers at home! What’s the problem? "

At the beginning, Liu Yu expressed some incomprehension when his cousin Liu Huifang didn't come back, but as he lived in the courtyard house, if she went back to the village once, she would also need to buy some gifts for her closer relatives.There are not many households, so it costs three to five yuan.But it adds up.There is also a need for three or 40 yuan, and she can't bear it if there are too many times.No matter how high Zhao Yunhe's salary is, she can't bear such expenses. She also began to gradually reduce the number of times she went back to Hongxing Village, and once she went back, she went back to her own home, and it was enough to visit relatives' homes occasionally during the holidays. , Except for my own parents, other people generally don't give anything anymore.After all, although she and the children lived in the city, they were still farmers in Hongxing Village.

In recent months, in addition to sending part of the money Zhao Jinhe earns as a substitute teacher to the children, a considerable part has been given to Liu Yu, and Liu Yu has slowly accumulated a part of it in addition to subsidizing the family. The savings that were about to bottom out slowly increased to 500 yuan.Although it is not much, it is enough to prevent some accidents, because the family has some fixed income every month, such as Zhao Jinhe's salary in the rolling mill. This money is very stable, and it is also collected by Liu Yu. Life is good Relaxed and comfortable.And because of the relationship between the children, she and Li Jing often sit at the entrance of the courtyard to discuss the entrance examination for junior high school graduation, wondering how the surrounding schools are doing, and occasionally the third master will also participate in their discussions, because their family The same is true for the eldest grandson who graduated from junior high school this year and took the entrance examination for junior high school.

This is the first very formal and rigorous junior high school graduation selection exam in many years. People don’t have much confidence in the test scores. No one knows how high the admission score of each school will be. Of course, no matter which score is higher, the score will be higher. And low, as long as you study well enough, students like Sanmao basically have no problem in which school they want to go to.

And students like Xu Zhenzhen.Just need to think about it.Which school recruits students with literary and artistic expertise like her?
Moreover, the school also has the study and cultivation of literary and artistic expertise, so that students can prepare for the art majors in universities in the future.

As for the eldest grandson of the third uncle, we need to think carefully about it, because this child's performance ranking can be considered to be in the upper or lower category. The best will definitely have nothing to do with him, but middle-level schools still need to be carefully selected. As a former teacher, the third uncle still has some experience in this area. Li Jing likes to ask more detailed questions, and Liu Yu is listening from the side even though he has nothing to do with her.Just think of it as listening to other people’s stories.

When the May Day was approaching, Aunt Jia also came back from the village, Qin Huairu specially picked her up, because Qin Huairu's son, Bang Gener, had already written back, saying that he did not go home during the Chinese New Year There is a holiday on May Day and I am going to take my daughter-in-law and daughter home to have a look.

Similarly, the children of the third uncle Yan Laojie's family are also planning to come back for a visit on May Day. Especially Yan Jiefang, who has rarely come back, is going home this time, and he is bringing his wife, daughter and son with him. , it is said that he came home this time because he and his wife may have to transfer their jobs from the outer suburbs back to the city to work in a furniture factory. It is said that his brother-in-law came to help this time. The only bad thing is that temporarily The place to live has not been settled. There are too few dormitories in the furniture factory and there are no vacant houses so far. We need to wait slowly.

Yan Jiedi is also planning to take her husband and children home to have a look. After all, she usually lives in a single dormitory borrowed from her husband's unit. Not only is the area small, but it is also far away from the courtyard house. , she rarely goes back to the courtyard, after all, her mother-in-law is taking care of her daughter now!In addition to work every day, she wants to go home to see her children whenever she has time.

Shazhu and He Yushui are both planning to bring their children back to see their father and younger brother. Only the second uncle Liu Haizhong's house is quiet. Before the holiday, many people are actively preparing some delicious treats. Only they At home, the old couple stared and stared, and the life of the couple became more and more boring.

And for the rare occasion, the second uncle did not continue to pretend to be tough, but instead told the first uncle his grievances.

"I can't live in my family. The children don't come back and there are only us two old guys at home,... I was a little bit wrong back then, but now they are still so stubborn..."

(End of this chapter)